What do you clean the outside of your guns with?

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Post by on_one_wheel » 24 Oct 2017, 3:16 pm

Most just get a wipe down with G96

My cerakote painted rifle gets a blast of spray n wipe once in a blue moon ... so much practicality.
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Re: What do you clean the outside of your guns with?

Post by bigfellascott » 24 Oct 2017, 4:02 pm

The ol Singer Sewing Machine Oil was what I used for many years, never had a problem with rust etc, now I like the smell of the Lanox and G96 so just use those for the most part.
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Post by on_one_wheel » 24 Oct 2017, 4:06 pm

bigfellascott wrote:The ol Singer Sewing Machine Oil was what I used for many years, never had a problem with rust etc, now I like the smell of the Lanox and G96 so just use those for the most part.


G96 Fragrance for men :thumbsup:
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Post by Oldbloke » 24 Oct 2017, 7:53 pm

"G96 Fragrance for men" :thumbsup:

But the Kiwi's still prefer lanox.

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Re: What do you clean the outside of your guns with?

Post by Tiger650 » 24 Oct 2017, 8:06 pm

Armorall on a scrap of cotton cloth, no rust and no fingerprints or whatever.

Years back I modified a motorcycle luggage rack with sections of raw carbon steel RHS, whenever I washed the bike I would wipe with Armorall and those bits never showed any rust.

A small pump/squirt bottle will last several lifetimes if the cloth is kept in a ziplock bag.
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Post by gazza » 24 Oct 2017, 9:05 pm

Inox and blood.
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Re: What do you clean the outside of your guns with?

Post by FuzzyM » 25 Oct 2017, 6:26 pm

I use Brunox in a spray can for metal.
I certainly get less surface rust than I did with rem oil.

Only recently got my first wood stocks, one is painted black and the other I hadn't thought about yet.
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Post by Bushie » 29 Dec 2017, 2:38 pm

I would wear G96 as deodorant just saying...
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Re: What do you clean the outside of your guns with?

Post by SCJ429 » 22 Feb 2018, 8:58 pm

I use grease when storing rifles, just wipe it off before use. You can use it in the bore as long as you patch it all out before firing. Seen lots of rusty rifles that were stored using very light oils which migrated away over time. If you live near the coast, grease is you friend.
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Re: What do you clean the outside of your guns with?

Post by hazza3006 » 22 Feb 2018, 9:09 pm

Micro fibre cloth lightly impregnated with rem-oil for external metal. Dehumidifiers in storage safe. Mine get cleaned when used weekly....
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Post by Oldbloke » 23 Feb 2018, 7:00 am

Singer Sewing Machine Oil was what I used for many years, never had a problem with rust etc, now I like the smell of the Lanox .

No I'm not a kiwi. :lol:
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Re: What do you clean the outside of your guns with?

Post by Homer » 23 Feb 2018, 7:26 am

G'Day Fella's,

The problem with using products like WD-40, CRC 556 and similar, is that these products evaporate and leave no residue behind to protect the metal surface.

For decades now, I have used only two oil products on all my own and my customers firearms.
That being, "Break Free, CLP" on the mechanical working parts of the firearms (rifles, seedguns and handguns) and the Australian made product "Sweets, Gun Oil" on the external metal surfaces and the inside of the barrel (when being stored).

I have not had any issues with rust by using these products but I don't live on the coast.
That being the case, I personally believe these two products, will give your firearms, the best possible protection.

Another product that gets very good reviews for metal protection, is Hornady brand, 'Shield".

Hope that helps

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Post by deye243 » 23 Feb 2018, 9:21 pm

break free CLP 1.1.1 ever since I got a 5LT jug from the gov fantastic stuff ..... enough to last me and my kids a life time smells like liquid paper but
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Re: What do you clean the outside of your guns with?

Post by bigrich » 23 Feb 2018, 9:41 pm

Apollo wrote:WD-40 is not an oil that leaves a residue. Bit like Rem-Oil. I would never consider putting WD-40 near any of my firearms, my choice only.

"O-Cedar" is a furniture polish that cleans, will leave a very slight residue but not much. Nice to wipe over a timber stock that is either oiled and/or coated with a clear finish.

I wipe my firearms with a cloth that has a slight residue of either / both Tetra Gun Oil / Inox and/or Ballistol all of which are on a soft rag. I wipe the whole firearm, metal and wood. Don't live on the coast and firearms are stored inside with moisture control inside the gun safe.

balistol is the stuff . lots of other oils , includeing G96 im told, will eat into the wood on a rifle and are petrolium based. balistol was developed by the german army before or during the first world war and can be used on leather and as a antiseptic on cuts and wounds ! i'm very OCD about looking after my guns :crazy:
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Re: What do you clean the outside of your guns with?

Post by Rathie » 21 May 2018, 3:30 pm

+1 for Lanox.
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Re: What do you clean the outside of your guns with?

Post by Oldbloke » 21 May 2018, 5:14 pm

Yeah, labor does a pretty good job. But any light oil is OK. Keep mineral oils away from timber.
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Re: What do you clean the outside of your guns with?

Post by brett1868 » 21 May 2018, 11:14 pm

A liberal spray of G96 on the guns and a dab under the armpits, keeps the guns and missus happy :)
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Post by brett1868 » 21 May 2018, 11:15 pm

juststarting wrote:...and he means eveeeerything.


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Re: What do you clean the outside of your guns with?

Post by Kelsey Cooter » 22 May 2018, 8:11 am

I use g96 purely because it smells so good haha
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Re: What do you clean the outside of your guns with?

Post by Member-Deleted » 16 Jun 2018, 7:20 pm

bigfellascott wrote:I use Lanox or Inox or g96 - just depends on what I have at hand really.


Me too, I have had better results than other lubricants.
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Re: What do you clean the outside of your guns with?

Post by Sus_scrofa » 17 Jun 2018, 7:11 pm

Inox, G96 spray on & lanolin spray are my rust preventative solutions and used on the wood.. (yeah i wouldn't use wd-40 either if u are u may well use the $3 supercheap multi purpose spray ie. Water Dispersant)
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Re: What do you clean the outside of your guns with?

Post by bigpete » 17 Jun 2018, 8:45 pm

The blood of my latest kill
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